Even though both sports are known for intense action and rough characters, boxing and poker aren’t usually combined. This didn’t stop Gus Hansen (known as one of the biggest full tilt poker names)and Danish poker pro Theo Jorgensen from duking it out. Both know as skilled poker players in both the online poker and live tournament circuit, did quite well as shown in the video.

A few days after defeating Lee Selby to claim the IBF featherweight title in front of his home city crowd at the Leeds soccer ground new champion Josh Warrington has ruled out a first title defence against Irish rival Carl Frampton.

This Saturday at the Teatro Moliere in Mexico City, Mexico, former three-time world champion “Mighty” Melissa McMorrow (10-6-3) returns to the ring after two years of inactivity to face Ibeth Zamora Silva (28-6) for the vacant WBC world female flyweight title.

Featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz hosted a media workout in Los Angeles Tuesday as he prepares for his world title rematch against four-time world champion Abner Mares Saturday, June 9 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

2016 Olympic bronze medalist Nico Hernandez, knocked out Hungarian challenger Szilveszter Kanalas in the opening round to capture the IBA Flyweight Championship in only his fifth professional fight, at Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kansas on Saturday.

Josh Warrington produced the performance of his career with a tremendous twelve round decision over Lee Selby to win the IBF Featherweight Championship in front of a raucous Elland Road in Leeds on Saturday night.

WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr. and unbeaten top contender Joseph “JoJo” Diaz Jr. went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference two days before they enter the ring May 19 in the main event from MGM National Harbor in Maryland.

WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and former two weight champ Badou Jack both predicted they would win by knockout when they met at the final press conference on Thursday, two days beforehand they meet in the ring at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada on Saturday night.

Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (31-2-2, 17 KOs), the former world title challenger of Cebu, Philippines will battle 135-pound contender Roberto "Tito" Manzanarez (35-1, 28 KOs) of Phoenix, Arizona in a 10-round fight for the NABO Lightweight Title in the main event of the June 14 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.

Four-time world champion Abner Mares, along with trainer Robert Garcia, hosted a media workout at their training camp in Riverside, California Wednesday ahead of the featherweight world title rematch against Leo Santa Cruz on Saturday, June 9 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Former two-division world champ Badou Jack has arrived in Toronto, Canada and says he is honoured to be able to dethrone WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in his own country and also be part of the biggest fight in Canada for 30 years.

Tony Borg, the ex-pro and head honcho at the thriving St Joseph’s gym in Newport,Wales insists defending IBF featherweight champ Lee Selby is several leagues above Josh Warrington in terms of talent, ahead of Saturday’s world title fight at Leeds United’s Elland Road in the north of England.

Promoter DDP Sports have signed world ranked super middleweight Rohan “No Mercy” Murdock to a promotional deal that will see the Gold Coast-based boxer-puncher fight at least three times a year for the next three years.

WBO Light Flyweight Champion Tito Acosta will make his first title defense against Nicaraguan challenger Carlos "Chocorroncito" Buitrago in the 12-round main event at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Center in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on June 16.

Sladjan Janjarin began his boxing career with little more than hope and a dream. He was born in Tavnik, a small town in central Bosnia-Herzegovina. Money was scarce. His parents worked long hours for little pay. Janjarin and his two older brothers helped any way they could. By John J. Raspanti

Vasyl Lomachenko picked up his third world title in three different weight classes by stopping defending WBA lightweight champion Jorge Linares in round 10 at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City Saturday night. By John J. Raspanti

Hughie Fury stepped impressively out of the shadows of his more celebrated cousin, Tyson Fury at the Bolton White Hotel in the north of England on Saturday night, by impressively despatching Sam Sexton inside five rounds to claim the British heavyweight title.

Two-time light heavyweight world champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (32-2-1, 28 KOs) puts his WBO Light Heavyweight World Title on the line against long-time WBC Light Heavyweight number one Contender Eleider "Storm" Alvarez (23-0, 11 KOs) at the Etess Arena in the brand new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Saturday, August 4, 2018.

Lightweight prospect Devin Haney rose to the occasion in what was the toughest test of his career, defeating veteran Mason Menard via ninth-round TKO in the main event at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Friday night.